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It’s not just a history lesson; it’s about contrast. About understanding what makes the Promised Land so, well, promising. But what exactly is the comparison trying to tell us? The...
Deuteronomy 11:12 tells us that it is "a land which the L-rd your G-d inquires after." But wait a minute. Does that mean God only cares about Israel? Doesn't seem quite right, does...
Moses, the guy who led them out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea, and received the Torah on Mount Sinai. You'd imagine he was constantly laying down the law. But according to the Sifre...
The book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, really wrestles with this idea when it warns the Israelites about the practices of the Canaanites. "All the places where the nations worshipped…" ...
For the Jewish people, the Exodus from Egypt is that moment. And it echoes even in the details of how we celebrate Passover, Pesach, the festival commemorating that liberation. Our...
Our ancestors grappled with these questions too, trying to decipher the hidden language of the world around them. And that's what leads us into the fascinating, and sometimes murky...
It’s a question that’s plagued humanity for millennia, and Jewish tradition grapples with it in some pretty fascinating ways. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim 173, a section of com...
Jewish tradition certainly does. This comes through vividly in the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. Here, we find a fascinating lit...
We usually focus on Moses. Maybe Aaron gets a nod. But have you ever considered Miriam’s role? Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, off...
